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Democratic defector? Sen. Jones could break with his party to back Trump at Senate trial.

NBC News interviewed Alabama voters to find out what they think the freshman lawmaker, facing the re-election fight of his life, should do.

30/12/2019

USA

In heavily white Iowa, Democratic candidates focus on minority communities

Blacks and Latinos make up about 10 percent of the population in the first-in-the-nation 2020 voting state. That could be the winning difference.

27/12/2019

USA

Trump fans upset Canada cut president's 'Home Alone 2' cameo

"These edits were done in 2014, when we first acquired the film and before Mr. Trump was elected president," a network spokesman said

26/12/2019

USA

Chelsea Clinton responds to GOP congressman's Christmas Eve sneer

Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona mocked her parents in a tweet that featured a video from 1992.

26/12/2019

USA

'Liars!': Trump fires off post-Christmas tweetstorm over impeachment impasse

Trump asked if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will face a primary challenge, blasting her San Francisco district as "filthy dirty."

26/12/2019

USA

Tulsi Gabbard banks on billboards, yard signs to get her message out

The Hawaii lawmaker and 2020 Democrat's approach is one of her main ways of reaching voters.

26/12/2019

USA

GOP Sen. Murkowski 'disturbed' by McConnell comments about impeachment trial

The Alaska lawmaker is seen as one of the few Republicans who could break from her party on a Senate vote to convict Trump.

25/12/2019

USA

Our crazy politics year: From buying Greenland to Giuliani butt-dials to live-streaming dental work

As 2019 comes to a close, it's time to look back at the lighter side of campaigns, candidates and elected officials, including the president.

25/12/2019

USA

Bloomberg cuts ties with company using prison inmates to make campaign calls

The Democratic 2020 contender said he was unaware that incarcerated people had been hired.

24/12/2019

USA

Report: FBI looking into pardons by ex-Kentucky Gov. Bevin

A murderer and a child rapist were among those whom the gov pardoned during his final weeks in office.

24/12/2019

USA

Trump doesn't rule out pardon for convicted confidant Roger Stone

The president trashed prosecutors and investigators who he said perpetrated "a big hoax."

24/12/2019

USA

Trump says Pelosi 'desperate' and 'hates all of the people that voted for me'

The president spoke to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in southern Florida where he's spending the holidays.

24/12/2019

USA

What's next for bipartisan criminal justice reform? Look to the state that gave us Willie Horton

"I think that we are in a moment now where there is bipartisan support for criminal justice reform, where policymakers really understand that mass incarceration has not increased public safety," one expert said.

24/12/2019

USA

Impeachment 2? House lawyers say more charges possible

If Don McGahn's testimony produces new evidence against the president, the panel could consider "whether to recommend new articles of impeachment."

23/12/2019

USA

Giuliani says he's 'more of a Jew' than Holocaust survivor George Soros

Asked if the comments were made in jest, Giuliani told NBC News, "I'm more Jewish than half my friends."

23/12/2019

USA

Trump blasts Pelosi for 'crying for fairness' in Senate trial

Pelosi tweeted Monday that the House "cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what sort of trial the Senate will conduct."

23/12/2019

USA

NY gov blocks some federal judges from officiating at weddings — because they might be Trump nominees

The seemingly innocuous measure had passed the state Legislature with overwhelming support from Democrats and Republicans.

23/12/2019

USA

Inside Giuliani's new push to flip the script on Trump's impeachment

President Donald Trump's personal attorney continues to move ahead with new allegations against Democrats on Ukraine but his evidence is vague at best.

23/12/2019

USA

Debbie Dingell on Trump's insulting her late husband: 'There are lines you don't cross'

Dingell said that Trump's remark "sort of kicked me in the stomach."

22/12/2019

USA

GOP senator defends Trump: Obama also made 'plenty of mistakes' on Ukraine

Another senator called the Democrats' impeachment case against Trump "thin gruel."

22/12/2019